Kyria Finardi had been teaching English as a foreign language for over 15 years when she decided to become a student again so as learn how people learn in order to teach. Among the many things she learned is the fact that teachers’ beliefs guide teachers’actions. Therefore one way of improving teachers’ actions is by analyzing teachers’ beliefs.

Kyria Finardi had been an English teacher for over a decade before she decided to delve into the realms of research to find answers to why some people become more fluent in a second language than others. This book is the result of her attemp to understand human cognition in general and second language acquisition in particular.